She blinded me with science...

Exploring expert figures in alien-related UFO conspiracy theories

This study investigates expert figures’ roles in alien-related UFO conspiracy theories, focusing on their impact on public perception through social media analysis. Utilizing a blend of content and trend analysis, we examine the invocation of scientific authority in UFO conspiracy narratives, identifying a reliance on expert endorsement to legitimize claims about extraterrestrial activity and government secrecy.

#UFO #UAP #conspiracytheories #experts

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04799-8

Notes on #UAP Discussions : Empiricism and dramatization are mutually exclusive. When a group claims to be doing #Science but is found to be dropping little bits of fiction into the production for “entertainment” purposes any study connected with that work goes *directly* into the sh*tter.
Researchers do not have the time or luxury for allowing bad data and sources creeping into work that would otherwise be high quality. Once a flag goes up it’s time to glove, gown, mask and decontaminate

1/2 Notes on #UAP Discussions : To be clear I have no idea about “ legacy “ community dynamics and history -issues with #BobLazar or #StephenGreer , that sort of thing. Most of that well predates the multi messenger epoch that signaled a next stage was underway for the #Research aspect of #UAP. Stephen Greer has made some interesting points highlighting the tragic global scale that suppression of knowledge has acted on (see #Unacknowledged) wrt energy production and technology.Those statements…

Notes on #UAP Discussions: Look to sources abroad to corroborate ground truth regarding what constitutes forward motion in this area. That is not to say domestic efforts don’t have forward motion,only that there are constant and deliberate efforts to muddy the waters.
We have lost both institutional initiative and primacy of leadership and the cadre of current cave dwelling admin jackasses can’t help but try to make it about them or some potential for profit in futures beyond their understanding

Notes on #UAP Discussions : Independent researchers will undoubtedly note that observed geometry schemata introduced from #SkywatcherII don’t match observation distributions from most other databases. There isn’t any truly informative conclusion to be drawn from such comparisons as #Skywatcher is a thoroughly new form of field experiment…unless other parties with conformal data wish to reply in kind

Notes on #UAP Discussions : For the prior 1 thru 3 Researchers now have enough data to construct custom databases spanning the three classes mentioned and for developing heuristics using tools of their own choosing.
Should it be surprising if first passes lend credence to some historical priors that had previously been considered at best highly speculative ?
Probably not

…signature searches, enabling us to make more meaningful statements about how much older other detectable civilizations might be and viable proximities for nearest neighbors. Note that *ALL* of this data is fully independent of #UAP data and observations in situ.
The second aspect is continuing advance and increase of multispectral , multi medium data collection, observation and corroboration from other than military platforms as well as opportunities for more sophisticated types of analysis-

1/3 Notes on #UAP Discussions : Independent research has good forward motion taking meaningful data. There is also data from other areas of science that can contribute either directly or indirectly to map the bigger picture:
#Cosmology and #Astrophysics : Tightening estimates on #Exoplanet populations, habitable zones and frequency of atmospheres. These are important because once sample sizes are large enough distributions can give reliable likelihoods wrt expectation and age of bio and techno…

Skywatcher video of ‘summoned’ UFOs coming soon: Ross Coulthart

New video could be coming soon of UFOs 'summoned' by Skywatcher
Group uses a sort of 'dog whistle' to attract objects, Ross Coulthart says
One of them reportedly is shaped like a jellyfish, he says

#UAP #UFO #Skywatcher

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/summoned-ufos-video-ross-coulthart/

1/2 Notes on #UAP Discussions : Over here in this little corner of the party someone says one of the quiet parts out loud : someone has solved a mass / energy density problem, including for #𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 regimes. It’s not us.Every time we look at one of these things up close we are seeing that.
Does this highlight a rift in our ability to deal with hard problems ?
That the above is still a “ quiet part “ indicates that it does. In Science #Theory and #Experiment are *not seperable*-

1/3 Notes on #UAP Discussions : Foci for different researchers are quite diverse and nothing is off limits. Tangents wrt #NHI often veer into discussions about #Consciousness , #AI and questions regarding whether machines can be conscious or self aware.
Conversations that use words like consciousness, cognition and self awareness are referencing primitives that most people recognize.
When we start mixing in notions regarding the fundamental question of what Consciousness is of itself , or-

Can hardly wait! (Begins today!)
'Archives of the Impossible' at Rice University in Houston, Tx.

I have attended virtually every year. This year it is "The UFO and the Impossible".
Gary Nolan, Timothy Gallaudet, Diana Pasulka, this afternoon.

Stay tuned!

@georgetakei @Thumptastic3 #archivesoftheimpossible #UFO #UAP #RiceUniversity
https://impossiblearchives.rice.edu/ufo-and-impossible

1/2 Notes on #UAP Discussions : On one side of a fence you have some exceptionally skilled and well informed people. On the other side of the fence you have a troupe of monkeys and mostly unskilled labor with unfettered access to a wrecking ball. Remarkably it’s the exceptionally skilled folks that can’t figure out what to do next. If your making the movie a #TragiComedy is your only choice...
While noting there is plenty of new or at least recent research and publication out there more passive-

50 Insane Declassified #FBI #UFO #UAP #Secrets You Didn’t Know by The Infographics Show #yt

https://youtu.be/fY_u0Z-0qRU

Notes on #UAP Discussions : We probably have some level of situational ubiquity now but it pays to what if on historical sightings in the same vein. What was the local aviation and maritime traffic like ? What were people at observatories looking at that day ? What was space weather like ? Local business, school and foot traffic patterns ? Recorded weather ? The more you know, the more you know. If someone tells the story and has witness accounts the mind will churn on all of it and ping…

Notes on #UAP Discussions : “There is no try. Do or do not”… Ok so yes and in optimal circumstances this works out.The implicit assumption is that truth and the greater good…literally the life force itself,require a commitment.The popular assumption is that the force knows whether you live or die once you commit.The system does not arbitrage physical existence - you are vouchsafed continuity regardless of your actions. The difference between faith and knowing is the caring about others, not self

Figured people are asking for expressions of human creativity on here, i’d share some of my #Art #drawing while migrating this content from the Death Star (Vol 3)

#human
#made
#creativity
#embodiment
#mindfulness
#visualarts
#habit
#uap
#ufo

Notes on #UAP Discussions : If the domestic .gov side of #Disclosure should die on the vine (yet again) the new multi messenger epoch of investigation and research is on a strong footing. It will move forward without them -both here and abroad.
Side note: Big well known cases are not mined out mines. There are reasons why good investigators keep after them

1/2 Notes on #UAP Discussions : Reading the room is ummm…well first you have to know what room you’re in ! Are you satisfied that it’s the right one ?
Researchers often gather in the same room. That doesn’t mean they stay there. Discussions about #Disclosure are primarily about policy and governance, not research questions. Of course the subject affects many and patience often wears thin.
Our senior VIP researchers and investigators are already decades on the path ; what they are confident of…